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People nowadays have a distorted view of how steam locomotives performed and operated back in the 1860's (before the coming of the EPA) … and flashpowder cameras were very rare, using old time glass...

They did not maintain their locomotives like they were the gleaming pride of their fleet … People rode the trains because they had to get around … Not because they looked pretty … as most steam locos...